''Noropithecus'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
Old World monkey uncovered from the
Early Miocene formations of
Buluk,
Kenya. It is known from a fragment of a right
mandible. It is believed to have been
arboreal and
omnivorous.
References
Old World monkeys
Prehistoric monkeys
Prehistoric primate genera
Fossil taxa described in 2009
Miocene mammals of Africa
Miocene primates of Africa
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